Rerailer



June 5, 1923. ,458631 E.`G. JACKSON RERAILER Filed' Nov. 8, 1921 Jig@Patented .lune 5, IQZB,

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ELI/[ER G. JACKSON, OF ELMHURST, ILLINOIS.

RERAILER.

Application filed November 8, 1921. Serial No. 513,774.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELMER G. Jackson, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elmhurst, in the county of Du Page and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in Iterailers. of which thefollowing is a specification.

rIhis invention relates to railroad"\appli ances and an object of theinvention is to provide a device for replacing the wheels of railwaycars upon the tracks in case the wheels jump the rails.

More specifically the invention relates to a frog or re-railer whichrests upon the ball of the rail and has laterally extending inclinedwings gradually tapering inwardly and upwardly towards the ball of therail for guiding the wheel flange into the proper position against theinner edge of the ball of a rail, regardless of the position of theflanges when the car is de-railed.

Another object of this invention is to provide a re-railer as specifiedwhich will also serve to prevent spreading of the rails of a railwaytrack.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detaileddescription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein:

Fig. l is a top plan of a pair of the iniproved re-railing frogs showingthem in operation.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the re-railing frogs mounted upon atrack.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the improved re-railers areconstructed of suitable metal, preferably cast steel or Bessemer steeland they are formed in one piece each comprising laterally extendingwings l and 2 which diverge from the head 3 of the body 4 and inclineoutwardly and downwardly as clearly shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings. The upper surface and the inner side edges 5 of the wingsconverge as they extend upwardly to the head 3 and open out through aslight depression in the upper surface of the head as shown at 6 whichdepression is arranged to guide the flange of a railway car wheel uponthe ball 7 of the railway rail 8 with which the re-'railer isassociated. The head 3 is recessed Yas shownl at 9 to receive thi@A rail8 and it is further recessed as shown at 10, which decreases the weightof the rerailer without affecting the strength thereof. Transverselyextending flanges 11 are formed on the head 3 and have spurs I2 formedthereon for fastening the re-railer to the ties 14 of the railway trackstructure. The wings l and 2 have spurs or spikes 15 depending fromtheir under surfaces adjacent their ends remote from the heads E, whichspikes are embedded in one of the ties 14 and which assist in securelyattachin@ the re-railer to the track structure.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings it will be apparent that the improved rerailer or frogs willre-rail a car from several different positions, such as one with thewheels astride the rails, both wheels on the outside of the rails orboth wheels on the inside of the rails as the wheels come to the tail orlower ends of the wings l and 2, which wings take in a relatively wideradius on each side of the rail and as the wheels advance over there-railer they will be guided and held in position by the flanges orside edges 5 and upper surface of the wings for properly depositing themupon the rail structures. The re-railers will also act as stops toprevent further turning over or tilting of the rails in case they areturned over by de-railment of a train.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructedin various other manners, and the parts associated in differentrelationsand, therefore, I do not desire to be limited in any mannerexcept as set forth in the claim hereunto appended.

Having thus described 'my invention what I claim is:

A rerailer comprising a body having its top provided with compoundcurved edges merging into a depression at the head end of the body,flanges projecting laterally from the body at a point below saiddepression,

said flanges having a flat top surface horizontally disposed, and spursprojecting downwardly from the bottom surfaces of said flanges, saidflanges adapted to rest upon a tie and said spurs to be forced into thetie by striking against the top surface of the flanges.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

ELMER G. JACKSON.

